Extra tunnels included in £6bn East West Rail schemeThe Government has unveiled details of the proposed East West Rail project following its commitment to fund the project in the last Budget.
Plans include a new section of railway between Bedford and Cambridge, including building new stations at Tempsford and Cambourne, and upgrades to the existing railway between Oxford and Bedford.
Bowing to…
Infrastructure to get £80bn boost from public sector pensionsPublic sector pension ‘megafunds’ will be created to unlock £80bn of investment in infrastructure projects.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled radical pension reforms which will create megafunds through consolidating defined contribution schemes and pooling assets from the 86 separate Local Government Pension Schem…
Bidders wanted for £800m building safety frameworkFusion21 has started renewal of its national Building Safety and Compliance Framework which is worth up to £800m over four years from next April.
Bids are now being invited from interested suppliers providing regional or national coverage.
Winning firms will help landlords manage and maintain safe buildings and demonstrate compliance across t…
Motts/Jacobs JV to design £2.5bn West Yorkshire Mass TransitConsultants Jacobs and Mott MacDonald have secured the job to design the £2.5bn West Yorkshire Mass Transit Programme.
The Jacobs – Mott MacDonald consortium will support the West Yorkshire Combined Authority in further developing the mass transit programme’s first phases, which includes Light Rapid Transit.
The government has…
Muse signs landmark deal to redevelop Sollihull shopping centreMorgan Sindall’s urban renewal arm Muse has signed a deal to regenerate Mell Square shopping centre in the heart of Solihull town centre.
Plans for the wholesale redevelopment of the 6.4ha site will now be lodged in the New Year promising what is expected to be a 10-year-long building programme.
Solihull Council chose Muse as t…
Reds10 raids house builders for two director hiresModular building contractor Reds10 has strengthened its operational leadership team with two senior appointments from the housing sector.
The twin appointments of regional operational directors come after four years of growth capped by revenue rising by 70% to £143m last year.
(l-r) David Newey and James Bateman
New director of operations in t…
Builder killed as telehandler overturnsA house builder has been fined £160,000 after a man was killed by a telehandler at a site in Glasgow.
Scott Bradley had been reversing the vehicle at the Stepford Road site when it slid down an embankment and overturned on 11 May 2022.
The 44-year-old, employed by Merchant Homes Partnership Limited, had been using the telehandler to move scaffolding behind…
McLaren boosts building safety and refurb teamMcLaren Construction is cranking-up its focus on the building safety and refurbishment market.
The firm confirmed that it has promoted Paul Woodhams to the newly created role of Managing Director, Building Safety & Refurbishment
Woodhams joined McLaren in 2021 as Operations Director and has successfully led a wide range of projects including complex…
Firms put on alert for £1.5bn decarbonisation frameworkProcurement body Fusion21 has placed firms on alert for a £1.5bn tender race for spots on a national decarbonisation framework.
Places on the second-generation framework will be available on two lots covering whole house decarbonisation and public and education building decarbonisation.
Big-name national contractors like BAM FM, Kier,…
Crown Estate unveils £1.5bn Cambridge Business Park revampThe Crown Estate has unveiled plans for the £1.5bn redevelopment of Cambridge Business Park in the north east of the city.
The site presently comprises a dozen buildings across 20 acres, providing 325,000 sq ft of commercial office space only.
The developing masterplan intends a wholesale rebuild to create a science and technology park…